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The Great Lockdown is a sledgehammer busting dreams that won't bounce back

It’s like a giant version of the Kings Cross lockout.




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Economic lockdown causes big reduction in air pollution globally

Researchers believe the reduction in air pollution from a one-year lockdown could prevent 780,000 premature deaths globally.




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World slowly waking from pandemic lockdown

The scaling back of lockdowns in hot-bed nations, many still fighting wholesale death, may offer Australians glimmers of hope.




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Time stands still at Sydney Observatory due to virus lockdown

The yellow and black cast-iron Time Ball has sat atop Sydney Observatory since June 1858.




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Children paying the price of library shutdowns

During lockdown children are doubtless spending plenty of time staring at their devices, but are they reading books on them?




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Locked-down lives drive emergency department numbers to record lows

Numbers of patients visiting hospital emergency departments have dropped to record lows across Australia amid fears people are delaying life-saving treatment.




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I'm in France in lockdown and so jealous of Australia

Watching Aussies on social media nip down to the beach while "in iso" is hard.





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Qld Deputy Premier Jackie Trad announces she is standing down

Queensland's Deputy Premier has announced she is standing aside from her ministerial duties over a Crime and Corruption Commission investigation.



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  • Government and Politics

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'Freaking out' and 'falling through the cracks': Screen industry workers explain the shutdown crisis

With the shutdown of an estimated 100 film and TV shoots, many of the sector's 30,000 workers lost their entire income overnight and say they can't access the Government's job assistance schemes.




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ASX claws back losses to end flat, oil meltdown deepens

Australian shares recoup earlier losses as retailers and banks rise, after initial falls were spurred by oil prices falling to their lowest value in 18 years.




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Netflix adds 15 million subscribers but warns coronavirus lockdown boom won't last

The hit show Tiger King and self-isolation measures boost the world's largest streaming service, which has added millions of new customers so far this year.




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Quest backs down after trying to 'bully' apartment owners into accepting rent holiday

Since the 1970s, the Degenhardts dreamed of retiring to Gerroa. Their dream became a reality — but retirement got tougher this month when they were told their supposedly guaranteed monthly income would not be paid until July due to coronavirus.




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These three people's lives have changed because the pokies have shut down

The coronavirus shutdown has negatively affected so many aspects of the economy, but for these Australians, the closure of pokies rooms has changed life for the better.




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Union takes Qantas to Federal Court over 'heartless' denial of sick leave to stood-down workers

The Transport Workers' Union urges the Federal Court of Australia to find that Qantas is still responsible for paying sick leave to 25,000 workers who have been stood down during the global coronavirus pandemic.




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'Relax the rhetoric': Businesses open, but coronavirus crackdown has customers 'nervous'

Small businesses in Tasmania struggling to survive amid the coronavirus crisis call for clearer messaging from authorities, saying there is no point trading if customers are too nervous to leave home.




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Coronavirus shutdowns leave expats unable to sell their homes in time to avoid hefty tax bills

Thousands of Australian expats fear they could be hit with large capital gains tax bills because they've been unable to return home due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, before a June 30 deadline that would have allowed them to sell their property to avoid liabilities.




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In the blink of an eye coronavirus has turned the property market upside down

Within the space of a month, the coronavirus pandemic has upended the property market for buyers, sellers, tenants and landlords.




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Fine-dining restaurants turn to takeaway to keep staff employed during virus lockdown

With dine-in service off the table many restaurants struggle to retain staff who are ineligible for JobKeeper payments.




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Shutdown costing economy $4 billion a week as Cabinet prepares to assess restrictions

Josh Frydenberg will tell the National Press Club he is happy a discussion about lifting coronavirus restrictions is taking place earlier than first planned as new analysis says the Australian economy is losing $4 billion a week.




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'Nothing changes today': Victorians must wait until Monday to learn when shutdown measures will ease

Premier Daniel Andrews says his Government will explain changes to the state's coronavirus restrictions on Monday, after the National Cabinet agrees to a three-step process of lifting restrictions to create a "COVID-safe economy".




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Scared new world: in some ways, this lockdown is worse than a coup

We were down the pub when the generals took control. This is very different.




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The Great Lockdown is a sledgehammer busting dreams that won't bounce back

It’s like a giant version of the Kings Cross lockout.




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Economic lockdown causes big reduction in air pollution globally

Researchers believe the reduction in air pollution from a one-year lockdown could prevent 780,000 premature deaths globally.




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World slowly waking from pandemic lockdown

The scaling back of lockdowns in hot-bed nations, many still fighting wholesale death, may offer Australians glimmers of hope.




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Time stands still at Sydney Observatory due to virus lockdown

The yellow and black cast-iron Time Ball has sat atop Sydney Observatory since June 1858.




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Children paying the price of library shutdowns

During lockdown children are doubtless spending plenty of time staring at their devices, but are they reading books on them?




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Locked-down lives drive emergency department numbers to record lows

Numbers of patients visiting hospital emergency departments have dropped to record lows across Australia amid fears people are delaying life-saving treatment.




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I'm in France in lockdown and so jealous of Australia

Watching Aussies on social media nip down to the beach while "in iso" is hard.




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5 Ways Indians Are Using ‘Jugaad’ To Keep Safe Amid Lockdown That Make Us Say ‘I Love My India’




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Aarogya Setu Beats Popular Apps To Become One Of The Most Downloaded Apps In The World




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5 Fun Drinking Games To Play With Your Partner During The Lockdown




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5 Beard Products Men Can Use To Grow A Thick Beard Fast During The Lockdown



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5 Home Exercises That Are Keeping Badminton Ace Ashwini Ponnappa Fit During Lockdown




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5 Ways To Make Mother’s Day Special And Cheer Up Your Mom Even During Lockdown




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Greyhound Canada shuts down all routes due to COVID-19

Greyhound Canada will halt all of its bus routes in Canada starting May 13 because of the coronavirus.




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Air pollution drops in India following lockdown

Paris (ESA) Apr 28, 2020
Lockdowns imposed to halt the spread of the coronavirus have been recently linked with cleaner air quality over Europe and China. New images, from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, from the European Union Copernicus programme, now show some cities across India seeing levels drop by around 40-50% owing to its nationwide quarantine. On 25 March 2020, the Indian government placed its popu




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It’s OK to slow down: Why you don’t have to optimize your coronavirus quarantine


The pandemic has not given us time to self-actualize. It has robbed us of time and exhausted us. And it’s OK to feel that way, experts say.




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Toronto’s fitness studios find creative ways to keep clients moving during COVID-19 shutdown


From “Animal Flow” to “Move Like an Avenger” and kids Muay Thai, the city’s many shuttered fitness clubs and studios are offering creative online options to keep you moving.




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Coronavirus Covid 19: World Health Organisation advocates reform of wet markets over shutting them down

The World Health Organisation said yesterday that although a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan selling live animals likely played a significant role in the emergence of the new coronavirus, it does not recommend that such markets...




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Downer mourns death of CFO

Chief financial officer of contracting firm Downer EDI and former Qantas senior executive Kevin Fletcher has died.




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Column: Supporters to run in honor of Ahmaud Arbery, the unarmed black man gunned down while jogging

Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down by two white men while jogging in Georgia. The #IRunWithMaud campaign honors his life with a 2.23-mile run or walk.




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Van Dijk says football shutdown will have made players consider retirement

The Liverpool defender says the current absence of football will have forced players to think about what they'll do when they have to stop playing




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'Very limited' lockdown changes in England next week - Downing Street

Lockdown changes in England from next week will be "very limited", Boris Johnson's spokesman has confirmed.




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Scotland lockdown 'must be extended' - easing it 'very risky', Sturgeon says

The coronavirus lockdown "must be extended" in Scotland and easing any restrictions would be "very, very risky", Nicola Sturgeon has announced.




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Easing the lockdown: What might change - if anything - on Monday?

Boris Johnson will on Sunday set out the government's plan for lifting coronavirus lockdown measures.




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Coronavirus lockdown changes will be 'modest' and 'small'

The public have been told not to expect widespread changes to the coronavirus lockdown in England when Boris Johnson addresses the nation this weekend.




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Coronavirus: PM seeks to convince bosses over lockdown easing

Boris Johnson will seek to persuade Britain's top bosses on Sunday that his strategy for easing the coronavirus lockdown will pave the way for a swift economic fightback.




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Javid proposes different lockdown rules based on age to reopen economy

Britain must turn its attention to the economy now it is through the peak of the coronavirus crisis, Sajid Javid has told Sky News.




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No 'dramatic overnight change' planned for UK's lockdown, minister warns

There will not be any "dramatic overnight change" of the UK's lockdown rules, a cabinet minister has warned.